Chinese parents who lost their only child in the February 2011
earthquake are pleading with our government to grant them lifelong visas
so they can visit their children's graves.
They want the right
to enter New Zealand every year to tidy their children's graves as per
the Chinese tomb-sweeping tradition where mourners clean gravesites and
burn incense to bless the dead.
Their request has been declined because New Zealand's immigration policy does not allow for long-lasting visitor visas.READ FULL INVESTIGATION: The parents who are afraid to cry together
Nearly
half of the 185 victims of the Christchurch earthquake died in a
language school on the fourth floor of the collapsed CTV building,
including 23 Chinese students.